According to details, 25 candidates including a transgender contested the by-election from the constituency. Azad Nasir Ansari contested as a candidate of PML-N and Sarfaraz Rabbani as of PPP’s. Sheikh Irfah Majeed of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Naseem Qadri of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) also contested for this seat.

According to ECP the provincial constituency has 2,06,562 registered voters, which include 1,08,627 males and 97,935 females.

The election commission arranged 171 polling stations for the by-election and all of them were declared sensitive. Contingents of Pakistan Army and Rangers were deployed in the constituency to ensure security.